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How to Save Ham Radio How to Save Ham Radio – Parts 4 & 5 – N1IC – The Easiest Two! So first of all let me say that I had a started 4 and 5 a long time ago when I was writing this series but due to some personal challenges with my health I had to take a step back from blog...

Thanks Doc - I do agree that it sure could be an "overstatement" for sure. I wouldn't suspect that we would ever get that type of response on APRS... but I do agree that too many would clog up the same freq. Especially if everyone is beaconing at the same time. My biggest concern is there are...

How to Save Ham Radio – Modes – Part 3 (5 Part Series) I have been thinking and getting feedback about this series and Ham Radio overall there are several great points I have been hearing from people and I as I have said in the past… yet maybe SAVE is to strong of a word… Strengthen is a...

Elecraft K3 Final Build Assessment and First On Air Testing So the Elecraft K3 build is finished ☺ Yes it has been a long process for me but only because of my time and schedule. I think this is a project you could finish in a weekend if you really put dedication into it but I’m not sure you...

Nick N1IC – How to Save Ham Radio – Part 2 – Pay it Forward (5 Part Series) Thanks for all the feedback on the first part of my conversational view of how to Save Ham Radio. Now I know “SAVE” is a strong word and it’s not that we are “IN TROUBLE” but it’s always good to do some...

Elecraft K3 – Assembly Complete Ready for Testing – Day 11 On to final assembly of the Elecraft K3 – there didn’t seem like much left to do before testing so I had some time the other night to finish up. There were a few parts here that were a little frustrating – mostly to do with the...

Elecraft K3 Build – Boards and Speaker Day 10 Assembly continues after the power on test everything was fine so let’s finish up this rig build. I didn’t have a full night to work so I’m going to get as far as I could. Looks like there are a few boards that need to be installed that mount to...

Elecraft K3 Project Power On Test – Day 9 So first thing I will say in this post is I got some feedback that my posts were coming across, as I might not have been having fun with this build. I am going to leave the overall impressions for my final summary posts but one thing I wanted to point...

Elecraft K3 Build Front Faceplate installation – Day 8 So the build continues and since I was so unhappy with the last videos camera position and quality I tired something new that I believe worked out much better for your viewing. This part of the installation requires some...

Elecraft K3 Assembly Front Panel As assembly continues on the Elecraft K3 today was time to finish the back connectors and the start on the front panel – I was trying a new camera and camera position so let me say up front I’m not happy with the video but overall it will give you the view of...

GPS is one of it's strong points I'm going to do a quick demo of the saving capabilities soon of this RIG I think it has great potential for emergency communications.

Elecraft K3 Build Assembly Day 6 And so it starts – Elecraft K3 World Famous Build – I really expected the radio to not take it’s form so quickly for some reason my expectation was that it would take much longer for it to actually look like a radio. I was really humbled my the pour out...

Thanks for all the support! Truly means a lot to me!!!

Elecraft K3 Build Continuing – Reflection Point Ironically – Building the Elecraft K3 has let me to reflect. This K3 project is special to me and has drawn some interesting questions. I have been asked by several people including friends and coworkers and some outside my family what I did on...

So I will say upfront this is not the most exciting part of the build – I will say that I was not feeling 100% while working on this section so I didn’t get as far as I wanted and I also found that it’s pretty stressful trying to build, read, get things right and be on video ☺ Elecraft K3 Build

In the continuing saga of the Elecraft K3 Build the package arrived last night but due to some other factors in the house I waited until first thing in the morning. One of the factors was I wanted to get my cameras out and setup for the unpacking of the radio. As many of you – my wife and...

Elecraft W2 Watt Meter Build – (Elecraft K3 Build) Page 3 So a package arrived from Elecraft and I was excited but it wasn’t that big and not knowing exactly now big the radios (Elecraft K3) is I was wondering if it came in separate packages or something. Here is the story and...

I don't know how you could forget that day. Terrible story!!!

One of the good and bad of my job is I get to travel to a lot of places around the US. I was in NYC recently and through all the meetings and other stuff that goes into a business trip I had time to take my camera and slip away to Ground Zero. I thought you might enjoy seeing what captured me...

Here are some videos of my review: Icom ID-51 (ID-51A) First Quick Review - NickToday Blog | NickToday Blog